Plug-in reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 134 Reddit reviews across 16 subreddits and 22 posts to rank the best Plug-in brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/audioengineering, r/Wordpress, r/VanLife, r/NeuralDSP, r/AudioPost. Top-rated brands include Soundtoys (4.2/5), Neural DSP (4.8/5), FabFilter (4.8/5).
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Reviews134
Subreddits16
Posts22
Brands82
Products60
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#1
Soundtoys
4.2
(13)
"Soundtoys Decapitator."
"Soundtoys Decapitator."
"Black Box has been on my entire ALL VOX bus for about 5 years now."
"I really like Soundtoys radiator, anything more distorted, decapitator."
"I really like SoundToys i.e. Decapitor and Little Radiator."
"I use sound toys decapitator for metal vocals with the N or E style."
"Radiator and Black Box is nice."
"Little radiator by soundtoys"
"The other Sound Toys, Rsdiator and Devil Loc get more use from me personally than Decapitator."
#2
Neural DSP
4.8
(5)
"I know that most people would say Nolly, but I'd say that Rabea is even more versatile."
"Nolly, it was the most versatile for a long time and one of the main compliments this suite gets is that it's mix ready."
"Rabea, and its not even close. Easily the most versatile plugin."
"Rabea, and its not even close. Easily the most versatile plugin."
"I'd say Archetype Petrucci or Plini. Nolly is good as well."
#3
FabFilter
4.8
(5)
"Fab filter Saturn."
"Fabfilter Saturn 2."
"The best way that you’re gonna get saturation if you can is with a really good preamp."
"I gravitate to FabFilter Saturn 2 the most for this"
"Saturn is much faster and easier for me to dial in."
#4
Wavesfactory
4.4
(5)
"Is all you need."
"Wavesfactory Spectre
The Kush Omegas
Kiive Tape Face"
"Wavesfactory spectre is worth a try."
"Is pretty darn good for the price tag."
"Spectre by wavesfactory."
#5
Softube
4.4
(5)
"I find softube Amp Room to be what you get most out of, by very far in these aspects."
"Softube Saturation Knob(free)."
"Softube Saturation Knob."
"Simple saturation - Softube Saturation Knob."
"Harmonics Analog Saturation Processor by Softube, in TUBE mode."
#6
Analog Obsession
4.5
(4)
"Just a 1073 style saturation, free and it sounds great"
"Try a bunch of these: https://analogobsession.com/color-preamp-saturation/"
"These 2 cover all my bases."
"Analog obsession is always a go to when talking about free."
#7
Electric Blanket
4.0
(4)
"Electric blankets are pretty dope for winter vehicle dwelling."
"If you can charge the jackery easily, do heated blanket or pad and use a really good sleeping bag."
"Electric heated blanket, plug into the jackery at night!"
"Low voltage electric blanket!"
#8
Diesel Heater
5.0
(3)
"Diesel heater. 1 gallon of diesel = 10hrs of heat (avg)."
"Diesel heater. You've got to permanently modify the car, but it's the best way (IMO) to stay warm at a decent cost."
"Diesel heater is the way. Mid to easy install, super efficient, and dry heat."
#9
Plugin Alliance
4.7
(3)
"For all around vocal saturation plugin I really like the Plugin Alliance Black Box plugins."
"Warmly recommended (it’s on sale now)"
"I’ve also started using the Plugin Alliance Lindell Audio 80 series for the neve preamp saturation."
#10
YouTube Portrait Video Embed
5.0
(2)
"Check out the YT Portrait Video Embed plugin. It resolves layout and compatibility issues."
"I recently came across a plugin called YT Portrait Video Embed that makes embedding vertical YouTube videos effortless."
#11
Abbey Road
5.0
(2)
"Abbey roads saturator best for vocals by far."
"Abbey Road Saturator."
#12
Logic
5.0
(2)
"Is in a league all it’s own"
"Is awesome and free."
#13
The Events Calendar
5.0
(2)
"Use The Events Calendar for that."
"Try The Events Calendar."
#14
WPForms Lite
5.0
(2)
"WPForms Lite would do. The quickest and easiest solution."
"I’d go with WPForms Lite-it’s free, simple, and lets you create a basic sign-up form."
#15
Ultimate Vocal Remover
5.0
(2)
"I like UVR a lot."
"Ultimate Vocal Remover is pretty great."
#16
Behringer
5.0
(2)
"Behringer is awesome but only go for 24bit model it has one of the best noise floor for price"
"Go for Behringer Umc202 and 204 are good"
#17
Air Wick
4.5
(2)
"Has 2-Count Air Wick Plug in Scented Oil Starter Kit w/ 6-Count Refills (Lavender & Chamomile) on sale for $16.99 - $5 off when you clip the coupon = $11.99."
"Depends on the scent....also i would make sure to use a scent control plug i put mine on the highest level which is 3."
#18
UAD
4.5
(2)
"UAD's Studer A800 is great."
"Been using UAD Oxide and digging it."
#19
Decapitator
4.0
(2)
"On everything!"
"Decapitator or Fab Filter Saturn."
#20
Eargasms
4.0
(2)
"I tried Eargasms for my first time last night. Took a minute to acclimate but I felt I could hear the band clearly but at a lower decibel."
"Eargasms or loops. Just spend the extra $10. It's not worth losing your hearing to save a buck."
#21
Kramer
4.0
(2)
"Kramer master Tape, J37 tape, Saturn and (rarely) abbey road saturator are my goto plugins."
"Kramer Tape 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻"
#22
Waves
4.0
(2)
"There's a surprisingly good drive section."
"Does the trick for me 😃"
#23
Melda
4.0
(2)
"Melda MSaturatorMB."
"MDistortionMB."
#24
Audient
5.0
(1)
"Get audient id4 ( the best Interface for under 20k it comes around 15k during sale"
#25
Edifier
5.0
(1)
"I've had and really liked the Edifier D12, and other speakers they make that I've owned."
#26
Universal Audio
5.0
(1)
"Has been such an amazing addition, and aside from that the UA Decapitator is very responsive"
#27
Nolly
5.0
(1)
"Nolly is no doubt the most versatile. It does everything well."
#28
WP Simple Pay
5.0
(1)
"I recommend WP Simple Pay. It's a stripe plugin for WordPress and works great in such cases."
#29
The Oven
5.0
(1)
"The Oven has become my go to saturation plugin."
#30
Waves Butch Vig Vocals
5.0
(1)
"I like Decaptitator or the Waves Butch Vig Vocals plugin."
#31
Voosteq Model N Channel
5.0
(1)
"If you like a Neve sound, I'd highly recommend checking out Voosteq's Model N Channel."
#32
Kush Audio Omega 458a
5.0
(1)
"I love the Kush Audio Omega 458a on vocals."
#33
Process Audio Decibel
5.0
(1)
"Process Audio’s Decibel."
#34
TB EBUCompact v3
5.0
(1)
"[TB_EBUCompact_v3] is free."
#35
Kush Audio Omega Pres
5.0
(1)
"I’ll shout out the Omega pres from Kush Audio!"
#36
BPB Saturator
5.0
(1)
"BPB Saturator (its free)."
#37
Sonnox
5.0
(1)
"Sonnox Voca has 2 saturation modes as well as 2 compression modes."
#38
Black Rooster
5.0
(1)
"For a neve preamp saturation for vocals I use Black Rooster VPRE-73 the most."
#39
Iron Age Audio
5.0
(1)
"Is game changing saturation for not a whole lot of money."
#40
VoosteQ
5.0
(1)
"The best thing is that it beats all competition at 20usd."
#41
Kazrog
5.0
(1)
"The saturation on the new MHB Green Kazrog plugin is amazing for vocals."
#42
Oxford
5.0
(1)
"My long-time stand by: Oxford Inflator."
#43
UA
5.0
(1)
"UA Decapitator is very responsive."
#44
Mister Horse
5.0
(1)
"Mister horse animation composer is probably the easiest."
#45
Lindell
5.0
(1)
"Much prefer over the Slate FG-N EQ."
#46
Distressor
5.0
(1)
"Adds lovely harmonic saturation as well!"
#47
Guitar Rig
4.0
(1)
"Guitar Rig and Amplitube have free versions, Neural Amp Modeler, Tonocracy, Blue Cat's free amp are some of the best i can think of."
#48
SE Electronics
4.0
(1)
"Similar in price to the SP1s are the SE8s, which I have used once and liked."
#49
Culture Vulture
4.0
(1)
"I have been liking the culture vulture on vocals lately tho."
#50
WP Invoice
4.0
(1)
"You might try the WP-Invoice and Invoice King Pro plugins."
#51
Fluent Forms
4.0
(1)
"[Fluent Forms], the free version is enough."
#52
Mello-Fi
4.0
(1)
"I like Mello-Fi. Got it once for free and I like it."
#53
Arturia Dist-Tube Culture
4.0
(1)
"I like Arturia dist-tube culture, analog obsession fetdrive."
#54
Silver Bullet
4.0
(1)
"Silver bullet."
#55
UAD 1073
4.0
(1)
"I use the UAD 1073 for exactly this."
#56
Pro Tools Lo Fi
4.0
(1)
"Stock pro tools lo fi."
#57
MemberPress
4.0
(1)
"Memberpress is pretty good."
#58
BuddyBoss
4.0
(1)
"BuddyBoss with myCred."
#59
Insight 2
4.0
(1)
"I use insight 2."
#60
TC Electronic
4.0
(1)
"One of these looks pretty cool: https://www.tcelectronic.com/product.html?modelCode=0842-AAD."
#61
Waves Loudness Meter
4.0
(1)
"Waves loudness meter if you want cheap."
#62
Youlean
4.0
(1)
"Youlean."
#63
Safari Pedals
4.0
(1)
"You can also try Safari Pedals they’re having a solid sale."
#64
Kilohearts
4.0
(1)
"Kilohearts and analog obsession both have free bundles with great distortion/drive."
#65
Vertigo
4.0
(1)
"The drive in MJUC compressor or sometimes i like to drive the input."
#66
Fuse Audio Labs
4.0
(1)
"Is great."
#67
Kush Audio
4.0
(1)
"Some I’ve used recently that I like"
#68
Mr. Horse
4.0
(1)
"Text evo and premiere composer by mr horse."
#69
Ableton
4.0
(1)
"Ableton stock saturator 📈"
#70
Noise Engineering
4.0
(1)
"Noise Engineering... offer a free bundle of synths/effects and one if them is 'Ruina'."
#71
Tone Empire
4.0
(1)
"Depends on if i want something vintage modern or parallel."
#72
Klevgrand
4.0
(1)
"A cheap but great option is Klevgrand's REAMP, it's really amazing considering the price."
#73
Acustica
4.0
(1)
"I have really been liking jam by Acustica."
#74
AnalogX
4.0
(1)
#75
Slate Digital
4.0
(1)
"Is just brilliant for getting that super shiny modern pop sound."
#76
Fruity
4.0
(1)
#77
Contrast
4.0
(1)
"One of my personal favorites is Contrast Distortion."
#78
D16 Group
4.0
(1)
"D16 Group Devastor 2."
#79
Devil-Loc
4.0
(1)
"I always use Devil-Loc deluxe to parallel compress"
#80
Logic Pro
4.0
(1)
"The only thing is that it only works on Apple Silicon."
#81
MSaturator
4.0
(1)
"MSaturator is 17$ on AudioDeluxe."
#82
Bixelangelo
4.0
(1)
"I have used bixelangelo (reasonably priced) several times and it can do handwriting or signatures."
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